Key Takeaways
- Support the planning team in progressing sites through planning applications and Local Plan promotion.
- Requires an RTPI accredited degree or a Human Geography degree with a willingness to study a part-time Master's in Planning.
- Hybrid working with flexible start and finish times.
- Benefits include competitive salary and bonus, private medical cover, and 26-29 days holiday.
About the Role
Gladman Developments, a part of Barratt Redrow PLC, is seeking a Graduate Planner to join their team in Congleton, Cheshire. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to launch a career in planning within a successful land promotion business.
What you'll be doing?
As a Graduate Planner, you will support the planning team in progressing sites through the planning application and Local Plan promotion process. Your primary goal will be to help the business achieve its targets for planning permissions and secure allocations in Local Plans.
Your duties will include:
- Undertaking research to support planning applications and promoting sites to Local Planning Authorities.
- Evaluating the planning prospects of potential development sites in collaboration with the Land team.
- Master planning and assisting in site design.
- Attending meetings with prospective landowners and agents to secure new sites.
- Monitoring planning applications and changes in local and national planning policies.
- Supporting the authoring of representations to Local or Neighbourhood Plan consultations.
- Administering company data held on Local Authorities.
What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- Education to degree level on an accredited RTPI course or be a Human Geography graduate with a clear motivation to study a part-time Master’s in Planning.
- Excellent research, problem-solving, and initiative skills.
- Good IT literacy.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage a busy workload.
- Adaptability to changing circumstances and creative thinking.
- Motivation to learn and develop.
- The ability to work collaboratively in a professional manner.
- Previous experience with GIS, Photoshop, AutoCAD, and Illustrator would be advantageous, but is not essential.
Our Company and Benefits
Gladman Developments is part of Barratt Redrow PLC, with over 30 years of experience in achieving planning permissions. We operate on a hybrid working basis with dedicated office days and flexible start and finish times.
We offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Competitive Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
- 26 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 day for every 3 years’ service up to 29 days)
- Choice of Flexible Benefits
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies